[HTML][HTML] Coronary artery calcium score: a review

AA Shabestari - Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The CACS is vastly applied in early detection of CAD and in many other research
fields. Conclusions CACS has remarkably changed the screening techniques to detect CAD …

Coronary calcium to rule out obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with acute chest pain

GR Grandhi, R Mszar, M Cainzos-Achirica… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the ability of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as an
initial diagnostic tool to rule out obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in a very large …

Coronary artery calcium scoring: influence of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction using 64-MDCT

C Gebhard, M Fiechter, TA Fuchs, JR Ghadri… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Assessment of coronary artery calcification is increasingly used for cardiovascular
risk stratification. We evaluated the reliability of calcium-scoring results using a novel …

Impact of epicardial fat volume on coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients with a zero calcium score

T Ito, Y Suzuki, M Ehara, H Matsuo, T Teramoto… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD)
and the impact of epicardial fat volume (EFV) on CAD in symptomatic patients with a zero …

Coronary artery calcium score: pivotal role as a predictor for detecting coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients

L Cherukuri, D Birudaraju, MJ Budoff - Coronary artery disease, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Chest pain and dyspnea are common presentations for symptomatic individuals with
suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) in the primary care office and cardiology clinics …

Coronary artery calcium scoring to exclude flow-limiting coronary artery disease in symptomatic stable patients at low or intermediate risk

M Mouden, JR Timmer, S Reiffers, AHJ Oostdijk… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the capability of a zero coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to help
exclude flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD) in a homogeneous population with …

Meaning of zero coronary calcium score in symptomatic patients referred for coronary computed tomographic angiography

YJ Kim, J Hur, HJ Lee, HJ Chang… - European Heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims The clinical implication of a zero coronary calcium score (CCS) in patients with chest
pain syndrome has been under debate. This study was undertaken to determine the …

CT coronary plaque burden in asymptomatic patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia

LA Neefjes, GJR Ten Kate, A Rossi, AJ Galema-Boers… - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To determine the calcium score and coronary plaque burden in asymptomatic
statin-treated patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) compared with …

Coronary calcium score in the initial evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease

ER Pedersen, S Hovland, I Karaji, C Berge, AM Ali… - Heart, 2023 - heart.bmj.com
Objective We evaluated coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring as an initial diagnostic tool in
outpatients and in patients presenting at the emergency department due to suspected …

HIV infection is associated with an increased prevalence of coronary noncalcified plaque among participants with a coronary artery calcium score of zero: M ulticenter …

TS Metkus, T Brown, M Budoff, L Kingsley… - HIV …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives HIV‐infected individuals bear increased cardiovascular risk even in the absence
of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. In the general population, coronary artery calcium …